Vehicle



Feb 9 1937- 4 L. RUTHENBURG 2,069,852

VEHICLE Filed sept. 17, 1935 g *Z lNvEN-ron MATTORNEY.

i Patented Feb. 9,1937A UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 'Ruthenburg, Evansville, Ind., assigner to Servei, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application september 17, 1935, serial No. .40,889

z claims. (ci. 29e-21) My invention relates to vehicles and more par- .ticularly to a trailer for sales promotion purposes and it is an object of the invention to provide a vehicle which is adapted both for private display and demonstration of merchandise within the vehicle and public display of the merchandise outside of the vehicle.

Myinvention, together with the objects and advantages thereof, will fully appear upon consideration of the following description takenin connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification and of which: Fig. 1 is a-side elevational.' an automobile an'd trailer. embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 in Fig. l; A- Y l Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the trailer shown in Fig. 1 with the rear doors open.

Referring to Fig. 1 of'the drawing, there is shown a trailer l0 operatively connected to be. The interior ar-,

drawn by an automobile il. rangement of the trailer l0 may be more clearly understood by reference also to Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

0n opposite sides of the trailer l0 and toward the forward end thereof are doors l2 Aand I3. The

rear end of the trailer is formed by a pair of doors I4 and I5. Merchandise to be demonstrated is suitably arranged in the rear portion of the trailer in such a manner that it may be viewed by occupants ofthe forward part of the trailer and'also displayed to persons outside of the trailer when the rear doors I4 and. are

invention, the merchandise to be demonstrated is va refrigerator itl arranged to be rotated, for instance, by mounting on a suitable turntable i1. As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 the lrefrigerator il faces the forward part of the trailer' i0 so that it maybe demonstrated to and viewed by occupants of the trailer who lmay be seated in chairs I8 and i8. It will be understood that the trailer il may be provided with suitable lighting arrangements, 'not shown. for effectively illumi nati'ng the refrigerator i8 on display. v g It )will nowbe understood how the trailer I0 may be to either demonstrate the refrigerator Il to'a few persons or display therefrigerstor to a large' gathering. In the nrst case,

the reardoors il and' I6 are'kept closed andofthe sides of the body, a turntable mounted in said body in substantially the same longitudiswung open. In the-present embodiment of my of the trailer so that it may be viewed by one person or a small group of persons inside of the trailer. Where the number of persons desiring to see the refrigerator I6 is relatively small, they may enter one side door l2 singly or in small 5 groupsand leave by the `other side door i3. However, when the number of persons desiring to see the refrigerator i6 is so'great as to cause delay or confusion if theywere to enter thel trailer, the rear doors I4 andl I5 may be thrown open, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and the refrigerator I6 turned about so ,that it faces to the rear `oi? the trailer and may be viewed by alarge assembly. This trailer may thus be used at one time for private demonstration to, for instance, 'l5 a prospective dealer, andL at another time-for display to large assemblies, as at fairs and the like.

Various changes may be made within the scope of my invention as set forth in the follow- 20 ing claims.

What is claimed is: l l. A dual utility trailer for the public` display of merchandise or as a private ofilce and comprising a body, wheels supporting said trailer rearwardly of its centensaid body having side and rear doors, the side doors being forward of the wheels and the rear doors forming a part nal position as said wheels whereby weight on I the turntable will be borne directly by said wheels, f

the construction and arrangement of parts provvidi'ng private space for persons adjacent the turntable in the front of the body and affording clear vision' into the body through the side and y rear doors for public display.

the refrigerator is faced toward the forward part 2'. A dual utility trailer constructed for the.` display of merchandise from both the interior. and the exterior of the same and comprising a 4 body, a movable display stand for merchandise to be displayed located within said y ed to provide a customer Vcompartment within v body and mountthe body, said body havingl doors at itssides v and rear respectively for aording access into the 4,5 vehicle and for permitting .unobstructed vision into the rear of the vehicle, and wheels supportingsaid body in substantially the samelongiiak. dinal position as said movable display stand for bearing the weight or the merensnsisedispiayed 5 substantiallyvdirectly upon the wheels. 

